U.S. History
Unit 2 Project: Forming a New Nation (Chapters 5-7)
Unit Theme = Nationalism
Time Period = 1745-1790

Unit 2 Project Workspace
Period 7
Directions: This document serves many purposes.

1. Place your name in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentations.
2. Record your preliminary project topic.
3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed research question/issue. Let others know precisely what you are researching
4. Replace your research question/issue with a learning objective for your presentation. What specifically do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation?
5. List the type of visual aid that you will be using during your presentation.
6. I also need to know the title of your project and the type of higher level thinking you have chosen.


Grading:

  • Titles will receive a score of either 10 (Advanced), 7 (Developing), 5 (Basic), or 0 (Not submitted)
  • Make sure your title:
    • includes a title and subtitle separated by a colon
    • has proper capitalization and spelling
    • is both creative and describes the content
  • Objectives will receive a score of either 10 (Advanced), 7 (Developing), 5 (Basic), or 0 (Not submitted)
  • Make sure your objective:
    • completes the sentence: "The student will be able to..."
    • is clear ( We know people, place, documents, and ideas to be discussed)
    • is measureable (It describes how students will demonstrate an understanding
    • has proper capitalization and spelling


Student Name
Step 1: Preliminary Topic
Step 2: Research Question/Issue
Step 3:objective
Visual Aid
1 Joey Towell
Title: ?
Objective: when i am done they should know a famous quote of the battle, why it was an incorrectly named, the casualty figures and why it was both a loss and a victory for the british
Trigger Word (Analysis): ?

2
Title: ?
Objective: for the students to be able to have an educated opinion on whether betsy ross made the firts flag
Trigger Word (Analysis): ?

3 Veronica West
Title: The Ohio River Valley: A Bloody History
Objective: The student should be able to explain thier idea of why the Ohio River Valley was of value to the French and English.
Trigger Word (Analysis): Value

4 Brian Ramsey
Title: ?
Objective: Tell Why the Acts of the 1700's had an impact on the Boston Tea Party?
Trigger Word (Analysis): Tell Why

5
Title:
Objective:
Trigger Word (Analysis):

6 Zack Rutkowski
Title: Symbols of America
Objective: Students will identify 3 national symbols and know information about them.
Trigger Word (Analysis): identify

7 David Aul
Title: African Americans: Their Part in the Revolutionary War
Objective: By the end of my speech students should be able to classify three reasons how the African Americans were effected by the war and how they impacted it.
Trigger Word (Analysis): classify

8 Sarah McGrady
Title: The Battle of Lexington and Concord: "The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Objective: At the end of this presentation you will be able to tell me what the Battle of Lexinton and concord was and how it effected today's history.
Trigger word (Analysis): ?
Power Point
9 Dan Vingiquerra
Title: The Boston Massacre: Don't bring a snowball to a gunfight.
Objective: Describe the events at the Boston Massacre
Trigger Word (Analysis): Analyze Paul Revere's engraving

10 Marigrace Moses
Title: Our Nation's First Female Fighters
Objective: Analyze and then describe the role women played in the Revolutionary War
Trigger Word (Analysis): Analyze
Power Point
11 Miranda Swartwout
Title: Frozen Feet: Trenton and Washington Crossing the Delaware
Objective: The student will be able to differentiate mistakes of the Washington Crosses the Delaware painting from the truth of what actually happened.
Trigger Word (Analysis): Differentiate

12 Emma Dougherty
Topic: Yellow Fever
Title: The American Plague: The 1793 Philadelphian Yellow Fever Epidemic
Objective: The student will be able to describe/ explain the influence of the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic had on Philadelphia
Trigger Word (Analysis):
PowerPoint
13 Hannah Cusick
Title: George Washington: A Military Commander
Objective: The student will be able to analyze George Washington's life on the timeline by giving a description of the events presented on the timeline.
Trigger Word (Analysis): analyze
Timeline
14 Stone Holtzman
Topic: Decloration of Independance
Research Question: what were the three parts of the decleration of indepeandance
Title: The Decleration of Indapendence, reading between the lines
Objective: the students will be able to tell what each of the four parts of the decleration are and mean.
Trigger Word (Analysis):

15 Katie Anderson
Title: A New Addittion to the Constituion"the Bill of Rights
Objective: The student will be able to analyze the amendments in thier own words(only the ones i give them).
Trigger Word (Analysis): ?
Power
Point
16 Matthew Smith
Title: Betsy Ross and the myths that she carries.
Objective: to be able to state facts about her life and her hardships. also tell about the paining of her with George washington and tell the story behind it
Trigger Word (Analysis):
power point
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